PlayStation Social Media Accounts Hacked

A notorious hacking firm, probably best described as greyhats rather than white or blackhats, briefly breached the PlayStation Facebook and Twitter accounts on Sunday. OurMine, a Saudi-based security firm, specializes in breaching high-profile accounts in order to advertise its 'prowess' and sell its security services. Yesterday, it got into PlayStation's Twitter and Facebook accounts, and claimed to have stolen 'PlayStation Network Databases.' All messages were quickly removed by Sony, but not before they had been seen, and not before PlayStation users' concerns were raised.